Choose a view by selecting one of the tabs in the upper-right corner of the page. Tabs include Day, Week, Month, 4 Days, and Agenda (shown in the image below).

Choose the dates you want to view by using the arrow buttons in the upper right corner of the calendar page (shown in the image below) to navigate forward and backward from your current position.

You also may select any date or date range in the mini calendar located on the left side of the page (shown in the image below). Click on one date or click and highlight a date range to display these dates in the main calendar view. Or, use the << and >> buttons to toggle between full months in the mini calendar.

Initially, you'll have just one calendar. But as you create new calendars or add shared calendars, additional calendars will display under the "Calendars" list on the left side of the page. To choose which calendars display events on your Calendar view, check the boxes next to the calendar names in this list. You can assign colors to each event by clicking the drop down triangle to the right of each calendar name.

From your calendar view, click the Create Event link (circled in the image below), located in the upper left side of the screen.

This will bring you to a page where you can enter information in the What, When, Repeats:, Where, Calendar, and Description fields (displayed below). From this information box, you also can check guest and resource availability and attach a Google document (this is helpful when reviews of documents are needed prior to a meeting).

This Create Event screen also lets you invite guests and designate display options for the event on your calendar (discussed in more detail below in questions 4 and 5).

From the Create Event screen, the Guests information field (shown below) allows you to invite guests by choosing from your contacts or by entering individual e-mail addresses.

In the Guest fields, you can enter individual e-mail addresses, or choose from your SLU Google e-mail contacts to invite people. When you click the Save button (circled below, and located above the image from question 3), guests will receive an e-mail invitation to the event.

Once you create the event, this section will list the names of those who have replied (divided into groups for attending, not attending, maybe attending, and no response). You'll also still be able to invite guests from this section.after creating the event

You also can allow guests to action options by checking the boxes by:

modify event -- allows guests to make changes to the event details (location, time, date, etc.)

When you create an event, you also can set several options for reminders and displaying events on your calendar (as shown in the image below). From the Options information fields, you have these choices:

Reminder -- Choose an e-mail or pop-up window reminder prior to the start of an event. You can designate how long before the event you would like the reminder to display.

Show me as -- These options allow you to designate on your calendar (when viewed by others) whether you are Available or Busy during this particular event.

Privacy -- These options allow you to designate whether the event and its details follow your Default settings (the event will mimic the calendar's privacy setting); Private (allows only you and other owners of this calendar to view the event); or Public (makes the event's details available to those with free/busy access to your calendar).

For more information on the privacy options, please click here to be taken to Google's Calendar Help information on this topic.

Yes - you can click on the day where you'd like to create an event and a window like the one shown below will display.

Fill in the What: field and designate which of your calendars the event should be created on, then click Create Event. The event will be added to the designated calendar immediately. You also can click edit event details>> to input additional information (as described in questions 3, 4 and 5.)

When you receive an e-mail invitation to an event, you can RSVP directly from the e-mail by selecting the appropriate response from the Going? options (shown below).

Or, by clicking the more details >> link, you are taken to the event detail page on your calendar. Here, the response fields allow you to RSVP and add guests to your attendance display for the event. You can also enter text in the Add a note field to append a note to your RSVP. Click the Submitresponse button to save your RSVP.

From the calendar list on the left side of your calendar screen, click the down arrow button next to the appropriate calendar. Then select Create event on this calendar. You will be taken to the Create Event screen described in questions 3, 4 and 5.

This drop-down menu also lets you choose the display options, notification options and settings for the selected calendar.

Log in to your calendar and click the Settings link (in the top right corner of the screen), then select the Mobile Setup tab. The image below depicts the screen that will display:

Start by selecting the country your carrier is located in, then enter your 10 digit phone number. Also, check that your carrier is one of the supported providers by Google. Click the Send Verification Code button. Google will send you a confirmation text message. Once you receive the message, enter the code sent to your phone in the Verification code: field. Click Finish Setup and then click Save.

As long as your phone is registered with your SLU Google Apps Calendar, you can create an event via SMS. Once your phone is registered, send a text message containing your event's details to "GVENT" (48368). Include the event details in your text message, such as "Department Meeting 3pm on Aug. 10." Google Calendar will interpret the text and add the new event into your calendar. You will then receive a confirmation message once the event is created.

To share your calendar with others, click on the Settings link and select the calendar you want to share. From this screen (shown below) you can choose to Make this calendar public, Share this calendar with everyone in the domain SLU, or you can Share with specific people by entering individual e-mail addresses.

You also can manage the Permission Settings and choose wither individuals can Make changes AND manage sharing, Make Changes to events, See all event details, or See only free/busy time (hide details). Click the Save button to save your sharing settings.

Note: This screen also allows you to remove individuals from having share rights to the calendar.

How do I maintain my calendar in Google Calendar for SLU but display it in Macintosh iCal?

To display a calendar, determine the public iCalendar address of whatever calendar you would like to display. To find the address, click on the Settings link. Select the calendar you want to share and on the Calendar Details screen, scroll down to the Calendar Address: information. Click the appropriate green iCal button (circled in the image below). Then you can supply that address when you "subscribe" to a calendar in iCal.

If you've shared a calendar with everyone (see question 12 for information on adjusting your share settings), you can embed your calendar on a Web page or blog for everyone to see.

To get the code for embedding a calendar, click on the Settings link then select the calendar you want to embed. From the Calendar Details screen, scroll down to the Embed This Calendar information fields, shown in the image below.

To embed the calendar with your default settings, copy and paste the code provided onto the HTML code of your Web page or blog. Or, click the Customize the color, size, and other options link to modify your settings to display a specific calendar name view, size or color. (Note: If you make modifications on the Google Embeddable Calendar Helper screen, click the Update HTML link to provide the new HTML code for embedding the calendar with these new settings.)